THE DRAMATICS MIXTAPE 1972-1994
#1. Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get (1972)
A CLASSIC ALBUM INDEED, GO PURCHASE IT ON CD IT'S AVAILABLE ON AMAZON
http://www.amazon.com/Watcha-See-What-You-Get/dp/B000000ZGK/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpt_6
BUT BEWARE I HEARD IT WAS AN INFAMOUS QUESTION ABOUT NOT HAVING THE FULL VERSION OF IN THE RAIN ON THERE SO MAYBE THEY REPACKED IT IDK BUT STILL CHECK FOR IT
5/5 STARS
TRACKS FEATURED
01. Get Up And Get Down
02. Thank You For Your Love
03. Hot Pants In The Summertime
04. Watcha See Is Watcha Get
05. In The Rain
06. Fall In Love, Lady Love
#2. A Dramatic Experience
ANOTHER CLASSIC DRAMATICS OUTING ALSO AVAILABLE ON CD. ALL YOUR FAVORITE JAMS BACK TO BACK FEAT MY FAV CUT YOU COULD BECOME THE VERY HEART OF ME! :-)
5/5 STARS
http://www.amazon.com/Dramatic-Experience-Dramatics/dp/B000000ZHH/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_9
TRACKS FEATURED
07. The Devil Is Dope
08. You Could Become The Very Heart Of Me (MY JAM) :-)
09. Now You Got Me Loving You
10. Fell For You
11. Jim Whats Wrong With Him
12. Hey You Get Off My Mountain
13. Beware Of The Man (With The Candy In His Hand)
#3. Dramatically Yours (1974)
GOOD SET OF TRACKS OF CLASSIC SOUL BY RON BANKS & THE DRAMATICS BUT ITS WAS THEIR LAST ALBUM CUT FOR STAX/VOLT! BUT STILL KICK ASS CUTS FOR YALL TO ENJOY
4/5 STARS
http://www.amazon.com/Dramatically-Yours-Dramatics/dp/B000000ZIO/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_16
TRACKS FREATURED
14. And I Panicked
15. I Dedicated My Life To You
16. You've Got Me Going Through A Thing
17. I Made Myself Lonely
18. Beautiful Feeling
19. Toast To The Fool
20. It's So Hard Trying To Get Over You
#4. The Dramatic Jackpot
THEIR DEBUT ON ABC RECORDS & ITS A GREAT MOVE SINCE STAX WENT BANKRUPT AT THIS TIME (1975) GOT SOME JAMS LIKE: THE STARS IN YOUR EYES, ME & MRS. JONES (BILLY PAUL COVER) & I CRIED ALL THE WAY HOME ETC... BUT A SOLID SET
4/5 STARS AVAILABLE ON CD
http://www.amazon.com/Dramatic-Jackpot-Dramatics/dp/B000002QMZ/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_11
TRACKS FEATURED
21. (I'm Going By) The Stars In Your Eyes
22. I Dig Your Music
23. Me & Mrs. Jones
24. Good Things Don't Come Easy
25. I Cried All The Way Home
26. A Thousand Shades Of Blue
27. Never Let You Go
#5. Drama V
AHH WHAT AN AMAZING ALBUM BY THE DRAMATICS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ALBUMS BY THE DETROIT LEGENDS OF SOUL WHITH THE WHOLE GANG. LJ, RON BANKS, WILLIE FORD, LARRY DEMPS ETC.. GREAT STUFF BUT UNFORTUNATELY ITS NOT ON CD SO SORRY FANS GOTTA GET OFF YOUR LAZY COUCH & FIND THE LP LOL U KNOW IM JUST KIDDING :-) BUT ITS WORTH THE SEARCH BUT I ALREADY HAVE MY COPY!
4/5 STARS
TRACKS FEATURED
28. You're Fooling You
29. She's A Rainmaker
30. I Was The Life Of The Party
31. I'm Gonna Love You To The Max
32. Dramatic Theme^Treat Me Like A Man
33. Just Shopping (Not Buying Anything)
34. Come Out Of Your Thing
35. How Do You Feel
#6. Joy Ride (1976)
MORE GOODIES FROM ABC RECORDS, ALSO HAVE 2 COPIES OF THIS LP ONE IS MY GRANDMAS & ONE IS MINE LOL BUT STILL SAME OLD CLASSIC DRAMATICS. BTW MICHAEL HENDERSON WROTE & PRODUCED SOME TRACKS ON THE ALBUM LIKE HIM WRITING BE MY GIRL & RECORED THE SONG ON HIS SOLO ALBUM CALLED SOILD
4/5 STARS AVAILABLE ON CD
http://www.amazon.com/Joy-Ride-Dramatics/dp/B000002QFX/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_14
TRACKS FEATURED
36. Finger Fever
37. Stand Up And Move
38. Richest Man Alive
39. I Get Carried Away
40. Be My Girl
41. After This Dance
42. Say The Word
43. I Can't Get Over You
#7. Shake It Well (1977)
THEIR 4TH ALBUM ON ABC & STILL SOUNDING GOOD AS EVER NOT A STALE TRACK ON HERE ALSO AGAIN HAVE 2 COPIES OF THIS LP
4/5 SADLY NOT AVAILABLE ON CD :-( GOTTA GO FISH YALL LOL ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS GO TO http://www.8-track-shack.com/dramatics-shake-it-well-p-818.html AND EITHER CHOOSE THE 8 TRACK TAPE TO CD OR MP3, AS FOR NOW THATS THE CLOSEST THING YOU'LL EVER GET TO HAVING IT ON CD!
4/5
TRACKS FEATURED
44. Shake It Well
45. You Make The Music (I Just Dance Along)
46. My Ship Won't Sail Without You
47. Spaced Out Over You
48. That Heaven Kind Of Feeling
49. (I Like) Makin' You So Happy
50. Ocean Of Thoughts And Dreams
#8. Do What You Wanna Do (1978)
THEIR 5TH ON ABC & THEIR FIRST & ONLY GOLD ALBUM!!!! :-) CONGRATS!! BUT THE ONLY PROBLEM IS WHAT THE FUCK IS THE PROBLEM WITH NOT RE RELEASING THIS ALBUM (EXCUSE THE LANGUAGE LOL) BUT SERIOUSLY WHY???? ITS A GOLD ALBUM BUT DAMN WHOEVER IS IN CHARGE OF THEIR MUSIC CATALOG NOW BETTER GET THEIR SHIT TOGETHER & GET TO WORK DIGITIZING THESE CLASSIC DRAMATICS CDS FOR THE FANS TO ENJOY!! BUT ANYWAY TO ME ITS WAS THEIR LAST GREAT DEFINING ALBUM IN MY OPINION AS DISCO WAS IN FULL SWING NOBODY COULD CARE A RATS ASS ABOUT SINGING LOVE SONGS ANYMORE AT THAT TIME LOL.
4/5 STARS NOT AVAILABLE ON CD!!!! UGH STILL MAD ABOUT THAT, DONT GET ME STARTED LOL
TRACK LISTING
51. Why Do You Want To Do Me Wrong
52. Do What You Want To Do (HALL & OATS FIRST RECORDED THIS SONG IN 1976 GOOD BUT THEIR VERSION IS OUT OF THIS WORLD!)
53. California Sunshine
54. Stop Your Weeping
55. I Want You
56. Yo' Love (Can Only Bring Me Happiness)
#9. Any Time, Any Place (1979)
OK THEIR 6TH ON ABC ITS A GOOD ALBUM BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WERE TRYING OUT SOME OF THE DISCO PRODUCTION OF THE TIME. BUT STILL THAT DOENT MAKE THIS A BAD ALBUM THE GROUP STILL SOUNDS GREAT, EVEN WITH SOME LINE UP CHANGES. GREAT ALBUM BUT NOT THEIR BEST WORKS
3/5 STARS NOT AVAILABLE ON CD TRY EBAY OR GEMM
TRACKS FEATURED
57. That's My Favorite Song (INDEED ITS MY FAVORITE SONG LOL)
58. Life Is Just A Playground
59. Stranger (In My Life)
60. Love Birds
#10. 10 1/2 (1980)
7TH ON ABC THE TYPICAL LATE 70S EARLY 80S DISCO PRODUCTION BUT THERE IS ONE REAL MEMORABLE SONG WELCOME BACK HOME! BUT I STILL MANAGED TO FIND SOME MORE GOOD TRACKS FROM THIS ALBUM
3/5 STARS NOT AVAILABLE ON CD
TRACKS FEATURED
61. Welcome Back Home
62. Love Is Here
63. It Ain't Rainin'
64. Be With The One You Love
#11. The Dramatic Way (1980)
A BETTER EFFORT FROM THE KINGS BUT STILL SUCKING ON THAT DISCO BALL ROFL!! BUT NOT TO KNOCK DISCO BUT YOU'LL HAVE TO DO IT FOR THE RIGHT PEOPLE THATS ALL BUT THIS IS A FAIRLY SOLID LP BUT NOT THEIR STRONGEST EITHER
3/5 NOT AVAILABLE ON CD
TRACKS FEATURED
65. You're The Best Thing In My Life
66. (We Need More) Loving Time
67. You Promised To Be My Girl
68. Share Your Love With Me
#12. New Dimension (1982)
THEIR FIRST ALBUM ON CAPITAL RECORDS AND THIS WAS DURING THE TIME WHEN LJ & RON BANKS LEFT THE GROUP TO PURSUE SOLO CARRERS, DISCO WAS DEAD, BY THE TIME 1982 HIT TIMES WERE CHANGING FOR THE DRAMATICS AS THIS RATHER WEAK ALBUM & AT THIS TIME THEY BROKE UP TEMPORARILY TO DO OTHER THINGS SO THERE A SOME GOOD TRACKS I FEATURED ON MY MIX CHECK EM OUT
3/5 STARS NOT AVAILABLE ON CD
69. Treat Me Right
70. I Don't Want To Lose Your Love
#13. Somewhere In Time (1986)
ITS 1986 AND DURING THIS TIME FRAME MOSTLY ALL THOSE OLDIES REUNIONS WERE HAPPENING GROUPS LIKE THE ROLLING STONES, THE BEACH BOYS, HANK BALLARD & THE MIDNIGHTERS ETC.. WERE TOURING AGAIN MOST OF THE EARLY ROCK & ROLL GROUPS WERE RETURNING FROM A ALBUM OR TWO BUT THEY WERE NOT SHORT LIVED, BUT AS FOR THE DRAMATICS IT WAS OKAY BUT NOT MEMORABLE AS THE MUSIC ON THIS ALBUM IT WAS MEDIOCRE SORRY FANS BUT IT WAS 80S MECHANICAL/COMPUTER AGED THAT SOUNDS VERY DATED TODAY, BUT ASIDE THAT THERE ARE SOME GOOD MOMENTS LIKE ONE TIME LOVE THEIR CROSSOVER HIT ON THE POP CHARTS IN A LONG TIME, PLUS I LIKED THE MEDLEY OF OLD TRACKS THAT MAKES THIS ALBUM ALL MOST BE TOTALLY UNMEMORABLE. AND YES LJ IS IN THE GROUP :-)
3/5 STARS SURPRISINGLY ITS AVAILABLE ON CD
http://www.amazon.com/Somewhere-Time-Reunion-Dramatics/dp/B000000XDU/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_1
TRACKS FEATURED
71. Show Me What You Got
72. Medley Somewhere In Time
#14. Positive State of Mind (1989)
AFTER THE REAUION ALBUM CAME OUT & WITH MY MEDIOCRE SCORE THEY CAME BACK TO VOLT RECORDS (YES THEY REVAMPED STAX FOR A MIN AT THE TIME)& CUT A PRETTY GOOD ALBUM, MOSTLY MODERN TECHNOLOGY WITH NEW JACK SWING DANCE BEATS THATS DATED NOW BUT WITH SOME MINOR FLAWS & CRAZY LINE UP CHANGES LOL THE GROUP STILL BELTS OUT A GREAT ALBUM BUT IF YOURE LOOKING FOR SOME CLASSIC 70S DRAMATICS WELL THIS CD DOES NOT OFFER THAT BUT WHAT MAKES IT GOOD IS THAT A SOUL GROUP FROM THE 70S ERA STILL STANDING STRONG AFTER ALL THESE YEARS IS AMAZING NOT TO MANY CAN HANG THAT ROPE TOO LONG, THE ALBUM IS VERY RARE NOW SO ILL SAY GO GET U A COPY IF UR A DIE HARD FAN
3/5 AVAILABLE ON CD AT A STEEP PRICE STARTING AT $65.00!! (U HAVE TO BE A SERIOUS DRAMATICS FAN TO BUY THIS CD LOL, I KNOW MY POCKETS COULDN'T EVEN PULL OUT THAT KINDA LOOT LOL)
http://www.amazon.com/Positive-State-Mind-Dramatics/dp/B000000ZNY/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_22
TRACKS FEATURED
73. Bridge Over Troubled Water
74. Please Say You'll Be Mine
75. Come On And Stay
#15. Stone Cold (1990)
THIS 1990 EFFORT WAS A OKAY EFFORT BUT ITS VERY DATED NOW & SOME TRACKS ARE GOOD, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WERE THE PRODUCERS BITCH AT THIS TIME LOL, BESIDES THAT NOT NEARLY GOOD AS ANY OF THEIR STAX MATERIAL BUT GOOD. BUY IF UR A DIE HARD FAN
3/5
TRACKS FEATURED
76. She's Stone Cold
77. Let's Make Luv 4-Ever
78. No Place To Live
#16. Mellow Drama (1994)
PRETTY DECENT SET HERE BUT NOT CLASSIC, BUT STILL WORTH THE LOOK OUT FOR BUT FOUND SOME TRACKS FOR YOU TO ENJOY
3/5 AVAILABLE ON CD, BUT ITS OUT OF PRINT
TRACK FEATURED
79. Cloud Nine
80. For Your Love
81. Mother Nature
82. Key To The World
WHEW GOT THAT OUT THE WAY ENJOY THE MIXTAPE EVERYBODY!!!! :-)
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SORRY ITS ON MEGAUPLOAD BUT THE FILE WAS TOO BIG TO UPLOAD ON RS :-) THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT & ENJOY!!
HERES THE FULL PLAYLIST
The Dramatics Mixtape (1972-1994)
01. Get Up And Get Down (1972)
02. Thank You For Your Love (1972)
03. Hot Pants In The Summertime (1972)
04. Watcha See Is Watcha Get (1972)
05. In The Rain (1972)
06. Fall In Love, Lady Love (1972)
07. The Devil Is Dope (1973)
08. You Could Become The Very Heart Of Me (1973)
09. Now You Got Me Loving You (1973)
10. Fell For You (1973)
11. Jim Whats Wrong With Him (1973)
12. Hey You Get Off My Mountain (1973)
13. Beware Of The Man (With The Candy In His Hand) (1973)
14. And I Panicked (1974)
15. I Dedicated My Life To You (1974)
16. You've Got Me Going Through A Thing (1974)
17. I Made Myself Lonely (1974)
18. Beautiful Feeling (1974)
19. Toast To The Fool (1974)
20. It's So Hard Trying To Get Over You (1974)
21. (I'm Going By) The Stars In Your Eyes (1975)
22. I Dig Your Music (1975)
23. Me & Mrs. Jones (1975)
24. Good Things Don't Come Easy (1975)
25. I Cried All The Way Home (1975)
26. A Thousand Shades Of Blue (1975)
27. Never Let You Go (1975)
28. You're Fooling You (1975)
29. She's A Rainmaker (1975)
30. I Was The Life Of The Party (1975)
31. I'm Gonna Love You To The Max (1975)
32. Dramatic Theme^Treat Me Like A Man (1975)
33. Just Shopping (Not Buying Anything) (1975)
34. Come Out Of Your Thing (1975)
35. How Do You Feel (1975)
36. Finger Fever (1976)
37. Stand Up And Move (1976)
38. Richest Man Alive (1976)
39. I Get Carried Away (1976)
40. Be My Girl (1976)
41. After This Dance (1976)
42. Say The Word (1976)
43. I Can't Get Over You (1976)
44. Shake It Well (1977)
45. You Make The Music (I Just Dance Along) (1977)
46. My Ship Won't Sail Without You (1977)
47. Spaced Out Over You (1977)
48. That Heaven Kind Of Feeling (1977)
49. (I Like) Makin' You So Happy (1977)
50. Ocean Of Thoughts And Dreams (1977)
51. Why Do You Want To Do Me Wrong (1978)
52. Do What You Want To Do (1978)
53. California Sunshine (1978)
54. Stop Your Weeping (1978)
55. I Want You (1978)
56. Yo' Love (Can Only Bring Me Happiness) (1978)
57. That's My Favorite Song (1979)
58. Life Is Just A Playground (1979)
59. Stranger (In My Life) (1979)
60. Love Birds (1979)
61. Welcome Back Home (1980)
62. Love Is Here (1980)
63. It Ain't Rainin' (1980)
64. Be With The One You Love (1980)
65. You're The Best Thing In My Life (1980)
66. (We Need More) Loving Time (1980)
67. You Promised To Be My Girl (1980)
68. Share Your Love With Me (1980)
69. Treat Me Right (1982)
70. I Don't Want To Lose Your Love (1982)
71. Show Me What You Got (1986)
72. Medley Somewhere In Time (1986)
73. Bridge Over Troubled Water (1989)
74. Please Say You'll Be Mine (1989)
75. Come On And Stay (1989)
76. She's Stone Cold (1990)
77. Let's Make Luv 4-Ever (1990)
78. No Place To Live (1990)
79. Cloud Nine (1994)
80. For Your Love (1994)
81. Mother Nature (1994)
82. Key To The World (1994)
83. I'm In Love Ft. Dells (Bonus) (1974)
84. Choosing Up On You (Bonus) (1974)
85. Love Is Missing From Our Lives Ft. Dells (Bonus) (1974)
86. Door To Your Heart (Bonus) (1974)
87. Tune Up (Bonus) (1974)
ALBUMS I RECOMMEND FROM THE DRAMATICS:
01. Watcha See Is Watcha Get (1972)
02. A Dramatic Experience (1973)
03. Dramatically Yours (1974)
04. The Dramatic Jackpot (1975)
05. Drama V (1975)
06. Joy Ride (1976)
07. Shake It Well (1977)
08. Do What You Want To Do (1978)
09. Anytime, Anyplace (1979)
10. 10.5 (1980)
11. The Dramatic Way (1980)
12. New Dimension (1982)
ALBUMS I LEAST RECOMMEND:
01. Somewhere In Time (1986) (ALTHOUGH A GREAT ALBUM BUT NOT FOR BEGINNERS)
02. Positive State Of Mind (1989)
03. Stone Cold (1990)
04. Mellow Drama (1994)
05. Look Inside (2002) (A GOOD ALBUM NOT BAD AT ALL BUT FOR DIE HARD FANS)
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